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The price of a college degree is more expensive in America than anywhere else in the world, according to a new report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. The OECD looked at public and private college costs in its 35 member countries and found that higher education is …

Telling someone what they did wrong is one of the toughest things there is.<p>It's a moment you always dread. Someone--your employee, your partner, your child, or even a vendor, has failed to fulfill a commitment to you, or delivered a poor performance. Now you have to give that person negative …

WASHINGTON — Ever since President Jimmy Carter invited the NBA's Washington Bullets to the White House in 1978, presidents of both parties have used the White House to celebrate championship teams as the embodiment of American virtues of teamwork, determination and diversity.<p>But President Trump's …

When Alejandro Villanueva enrolled at West Point more than a decade ago, it became incumbent upon him to salute the American flag and stand at attention during <i>The Star-Spangled Banner</i>, a practice he continued once he became a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and a member of the elite …

The lead Democrat of the House's oversight committee has launched an investigation into Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner's use of a private email address to conduct White House business.<p>In a letter, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland asked Kushner to "preserve all official records and …

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Leave it to the Dallas Cowboys to add a new twist to pregame demonstrations.<p>They compromised.<p>With flamboyant owner Jerry Jones in the mix, the Cowboys briefly knelt as a collective unit in the middle of the field before the national anthem Monday night — a nod to the peaceful …

There have been some deeply awkward moments between President Donald Trump and his wife Melania, and one of the most absurd examples might have slipped past you. At a visit to Fort Myers, Florida last week to survey the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Trump sent his regards on behalf of his absent …

Not long after Sean Spicer announced his resignation from the White House, CNN was asked whether it would consider hiring him as a pundit. No, came the prompt answer.<p>That was no wonder, either. Spicer assisted President Trump in attacking, demeaning and belittling the 24/7 news network. While the …

Hardly anyone paid attention last November when a strangely named Twitter account, Sleeping Giants, sent its first tweet into the digisphere. “Are you aware that you’re advertising on Breitbart, the alt-right’s biggest champion, today?” read the tweet, aimed at a consumer lending outfit called …

<b>(CNN) —</b> President Donald Trump lavished praise on the health care system of Nambia during a speech at the United Nations. But there's one little problem -- there's no such country.<p>"In Guinea and Nigeria, you fought a horrifying Ebola outbreak," Trump told African leaders gathered Wednesday. …

Graham-Cassidy, the health bill the Senate may vote on next week, is stunningly cruel. It’s also incompetently drafted: The bill’s sponsors clearly had no idea what they were doing when they put it together. Furthermore, their efforts to sell the bill involve obvious, blatant lies.<p>Nonetheless, the …

After a wave of high-profile White House departures this summer, staffers who remained are reaching out to headhunters to discuss their next moves.<p>A fast-growing number of White House staffers are starting to look for the exits, even though the one-year mark of President Donald Trump’s first term …

President Trump's supporters in the media came out in full force this weekend, supporting the President after he called for the firing of NFL players who have chosen to raise awareness of racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem.<p>"Don't give me this crap that you want to support …

<b>(CNN) —</b> Within hours of meeting with a mining company CEO, the new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency directed his staff to withdraw a plan to protect the watershed of Bristol Bay, Alaska, one of the most valuable wild salmon fisheries on Earth, according to interviews and government …

<b>(CNN) —</b> North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had some choice words for US President Donald Trump Friday, accusing the American leader of "mentally deranged behavior."<p>But it was Kim's use of the term "dotard," that has set the internet alight. While not widely used today, the insult is centuries old, …

President Donald Trump … does not care … about brown and black people.<p>As a dam cracked in Puerto Rico, spreading fear across an already devastated island, Donald Trump was in Alabama, calling a black former NFL player a “son-of-a-bitch.”<p>During a 90-minute rant that veered from incoherence to the …